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The image shows a man seated on a piano bench next to a grand piano. He is wearing a dark suit with a bow tie, and his hands are positioned on the bench and knee. His face is neutral with short hair. A plush armchair is nearby, along with a decorative curtain and artwork on the walls.
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The image shows a man seated on a piano bench next to a grand piano. He is wearing a dark suit with a bow tie, and his hands are positioned on the bench and knee. His face is neutral with short hair. A plush armchair is nearby, along with a decorative curtain and artwork on the walls.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

"Jack Johnson, Champion of the World"

E.W. Kelley

Date
1910
Medium
stereoscopic gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image (each): 7.9 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.) sheet: 7.9 × 15.3 cm (3 1/8 × 6 in.) mount: 8.9 × 17.9 cm (3 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.39.120
Credit line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • African American
  • Man
  • Boxer
  • Stereograph
Provenance

(Kathy and Joe Telinbacco, New Jersey); Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Inscription

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: E.W. Kelley, Publisher / Studio and Home Office, Chicago, U.S.A.; along right edge: Sold only by E.W. Kelley / Chicago: Dallas, Tex: Augusta, Ga; bottom right: Jack Johnson, Champion of the World, In his Chicago Home. / Copyright 1910 by E. W. Kelley. 3950; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: AF66B / EHH

NGA object ID 227138. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.